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Patent GB-191211578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephones.
Inventor: LAGUS ROBERT
IPC: H04R27/02
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 11,578. Lagus, R. May 15. Telephones for deaf persons; telephonic relays.-To enable deaf persons to use an ordinary telephone, or for normal use over long distances, an auxiliary telephone set is provided in addition to the ordinary receiver. The main apparatus has two pairs of terminals, one of which is connected by conductors 6 to a receiver 5, which speaks into the auxiliary microphone 8. The latter forms part of a circuit containing the switch 15, battery 10, and auxiliary receiver 12 with a tube 14 for insertion in the ear. The microphone 8 is fixed to the receiver 5 by means of a screw-thread, adjustment of the distance between the diaphragms being thus rendered possible.
Patent GB-191213245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Projectors or Head Lights for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BESNARD HENRI
IPC: F21S19/00
Filed: 1912-06-05
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 13,245. Besnard, H., Maris, G., and Antoine, M. June 5. Holders; caps; bulbs; filaments.-In a projector or head-light for motor-cars and other vehicles, an acetylene burner can be replaced by an electric lamp, by screwing the electriclamp holder into the gas inlet. One half of the electric-lamp bulb 3 may be silvered outside, and the filament is arranged so that one end C of the filament is in the centre of the bulb while the other end F is in the focus of a hyperbolic or parabolic reflector 2, this arrangement being described in Specification 10,146/12. In order to bring the end F of the filament into the axis of the gas inlet chamber 5, the lamp is connected to the chamber by an elbowjoint 4<f> screwed to the lamp cap and to the chamber 5, and secured to the chamber 5 by a lock-nut 4<c>. In a modification, the coils of the filament extend on each side of the centre of the bulb, and the reflecting-surface of the bulb produces an image of the filament, which image is located between the coils of the filament, thereby constituting with the filament a homogeneous luminous source.
Patent GB-191215505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Binding or Filing Flat Articles.
Inventor: ROSE ALEXANDER
IPC: B42F13/00
Filed: 1912-10-30
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 15,505. Rose, A. Oct. 30. Clamping-devices; covers.-Relates to looseleaf binders comprising a pair of clamping- plates and screwed telescoping filing-posts. The rotary members of the posts 21, 25 are connected together by chain gearing 26, 27, and one of them is adapted to receive an operating-key. A flexible back 4, extensible pari passu with the clamping-plates 1, is provided. The means for operating the back 4 consists of plates 6 having slots 7 in which slide pins 13 on strips 10 to which the ends of the back 4 are secured, the back passing round rods 5 which connect the plates 6 to the clamping-plates. The strips 10 are furnished with slots 17 engaged by pins 16 on levers 14, the opposite ends of which are pivoted to the plates 6. When the plates 6 approach one another with the clamping-plates 1, the strips 10 are drawn inwards at a quicker rate by the levers 14 and keep the back 4 taut. U-shaped telescoping members 19, 20 mounted on the clamping-plates 1 surround and protect the edges of the back 4.
Patent GB-191216579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Letter Copying Apparatus.
Inventor: KLABER AUGUSTUS DAVID
IPC: B41L7/00
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 16,579. Klaber, A. D. July 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Post files; cord files.-In letter-copying apparatus, the sheets of paper d, Fig. 3, are provided with perforations e<2> to engage studs c on a metal plate e<1> secured in any convenient manner to the body a of the apparatus. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the sheets are held by a thread d<3>, the free ends of which are adapted to be secured beneath the tongues of spring clips d<2>.
Patent GB-191219454-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Artificial Tooth.
IPC: A61C13/00
Filed: 1912-08-24
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 19,454. Massey & Co., J., and Taylor, A. H. Aug. 24. Teeth, artificial.-A tooth T is provided with a central pin b near the base, and with an undercut projection a near the cutting-edge. The tooth is rounded towards the back, and the projection a commences within the extreme edges of the tooth and is curved downwards towards the centre.
Patent GB-191219611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Effecting the Transfer by Conveyors of Material Stored in Bulk.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B65D90/62
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1913-08-27
Abstract: 19,611. Read, W. G. Aug. 27. Granaries, corn-bins, and corn-silos.-Relates to means for discharging material through a longitudinal trough in the floor of a chamber to a conveyer beneath, as described in Specification 15,454/12, [Class 78 (iv), Loading]. A series of doors e, Fig. 1, are pivoted beneath a shield plate c arranged over the trough a<1>. The doors at the end of the chamber are opened from the exterior, and a certain quantity of the material flows away, leaving a stance for the operator on the end of the shield c. The operator then opens the doors successively by a series of levers k provided with toothed segments h, which mesh with pinions f<2> rigid with arms f connected by links g to each pair of doors. In a modification, Fig. 3, the doors are replaced by shields c<1>, which can be slid beneath the shield c, the material normally resting at its angle of repose, as indicated at m.
Patent GB-191223761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Floating Cranes.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
IPC: B66C23/52
Filed: 1912-10-17
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 23,761. Imray, O., [Soc. Anon. " Werf Gusto," ci-devant A. F. Smulders, (Firm of)]. Oct. 17. Jib cranes.-The hull of a floating crane is formed of greater draught at the end where the crane is supported, the increased displacement being proportional to the weight of the crane. The deck of the vessel is thus kept horizontal with the use of little or no ballast.
Patent GB-191228143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shafts or Frames for Wire Healds Employed in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BARLOW HENRY BERNOULLI
IPC: D03C9/06
Filed: 1912-12-06
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 28,143. Barlow, H. B., and Hocknell, G. M. Dec. 6. Healds. - Heald-shaft staves for wire healds are formed with a recess a<1>, or recesses, and the end loops of the healds c are bent at a right-angle, or thereabouts, to the length of the healds, rest on the bent edge of a strip b of metal, and are threaded on a longitudinal wire d. The upper and lower staves are connected by suitable end pieces, such as pieces of metal e. In the case of heald shafts for two rows of healds, two recesses are formed in each stave and two bent metal strips are used; these are arranged either centrally of the stave with their bent ends projecting outwards towards wooden projecting strips, or at each side of the stave with their bent ends projecting inwards towards a central straight metal strip.
Patent GB-191228408-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture of a Product for Rendering Air Chambers Unpuncturable.
Filed: 1912-12-09
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 28.408. Lootens & Co., and Schinckus, G. Dec. 9. Plastic compositions containing glucose, glycerine, &c.-A composition for rendering airchambers unpuncturable is prepared by mixing together about 600 grams of glucose and 280 grams of glycerine, adding a hot mixture consisting of 20 grams of resin, 30 grams of gum arabic, 15 grams of naphtha, and 20 grams of pulverized cork. the stirring being continued until the mass is homogeneous. Finally 35 grams of talc mixed to a paste with water are added and the composition is forced through the valve into the chamber.
Patent GB-191300879-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Apparatus for Chlorination.
IPC: C07B39/00
Filed: 1913-01-11
Granted: 1914-03-11
Abstract: 879. Marks, E. C. R., [Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., E. I.]. Jan. 11. Drawings to Specification. Chlorhydrocarbons and other chlor derivatives are obtained by dissolving chlorine in a liquid hydrocarbon or other organic liquid in the absence of light and then subjecting the mixture to chemically active rays in such a manner that no gas can accumulate and come under the action of the light. In an apparatus described, the chlorination is effected in a series of tubes.
Patent GB-191301002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Series Systems of Incandescent Electric Lamp Lighting.
Inventor: BOOTH EDGAR
IPC: H01K1/70
Filed: 1913-01-14
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 1002. Booth, E., and Booth, N. R. Jan. 14. Out-out arrangements, applicable to lamp caps as described in Specification 27,862/11. A device for bridging the terminals of a faulty lamp in a series lighting system comprises two pieces of metal m, of low melting point, separated by a piece of paper p, over which is applied a layer c of conducting-material, such as carbon. The paper is pierced with a pin in one or more places, thereby connecting the metal pieces m by the carbon c, as shown. The ends of the filaments are connected to the metal pieces; when the lamp fails, the metal pieces fuse together and short-circuit the lamp.
Patent GB-191303701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Weighted Feed Rollers of Waste Breaking Machines.
IPC: G01G11/00
Filed: 1913-02-13
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 3701. Tomlinsons, Ltd., and Standeven, J. Feb. 13. Feeding openers &c.-In a weighting-arrangement for the feed-rollers of waste-breaking machines, in order to relieve the load without removing the weights, cams f, operated by a handle g outside the machine casing, are adapted to raise the loaded levers a. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 1494/88 and 2349/97.
Patent GB-191305550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Lubrication of Spindles for Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
IPC: D01H7/20
Filed: 1913-03-05
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 5550. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Soc. P. & C. Delesalle, and Soc. S. Walker et Cie]. March 5. Channels and reservoirs in vertical-shaft bearings. - A series of spindles of the Rabbeth pattern for spinning and doubling frames for textile materials are lubricated by oil or water supplied through a channel 1 in the spindle rail 2. The spindle rail is made in sections connected together by tubes with tight joints. The bolster tube for each spindle is in two parts 3, 4 screwed together at 5, packing 8, 9 being inserted between the tube and the spindle rail to prevent the escape of lubricant. The lubricant is maintained at a high level 7 in the bolster tubes by means of a reservoir at one end of the machine.
Patent GB-191307514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Brake Operating Mechanism for Cycles, Motor Cycles, Aeroplanes and the like.
Inventor: FIELDING RICHARD JOHN ERNEST
IPC: B62L3/02
Filed: 1913-03-31
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 7514. Fielding, R. J. E. March 31. Brake mechanism-Brake-operating mechanism for cycles &c. comprises a cable j within the handle-bar attached to a screwed rod c, which rod is engaged by an internal nut e on the handle-grip a, the construction being such that a twist of the grip exerts a pull on the cable j. To prevent the rod c from turning with the grip, it passes slidably and non-rotatably through a guiding-plug f, which is formed with pins or stops h engaging slots i in the extremity of the handle-bar.
Patent GB-191309109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Minimising the Destructive Action of Electric Arcs, especially applicable to Electric Cut-outs and Fuses.
Inventor: HOPE VERNON
IPC: H01H33/70
Filed: 1913-04-18
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 9109. Hope, V. April 18. Fusible cut -outs.- Relates to arc dissipating and deflecting devices for use in connexion with fuses. The device consists of a porcelain expansion chamber A, Fig. 3, having a flared mouth a<1> into which the arc or incandescent jet is projected. The mouth is provided with lateral holes a<2>, or is disposed in relation to the orifice D from which the jet issues, so that cool air is sucked in and mingled with the arc. The rear end of the chamber is provided with lateral holes a<3> surrounded by a deflecting-hood or cone B whereby the products are expelled and deflected away from parts such as earthed casings, volatilized metal being condensed and trapped in the cup. As applied to a tubular fuse mounted in a metal fuse box, the devices are placed in line with the open ends of the fuse-holder D. Both devices may be attached to the walls of the enclosing fuse-box, or to the fuse-handle; or in the case of fuse boards to the supporting-board.
Patent GB-191309301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Domestic Fireplaces.
Inventor: ANDERSON ARTHUR SMITH
IPC: F24B1/193
Filed: 1913-04-21
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 9301. Anderson, A. S. April 21. Grates; supports for articles to be heated or warmed.-In a domestic fire-place having a substantially vertical barless fire-breast, there is provided a fall-bar E adapted to serve as a trivet, as shown in dotted lines, or to lie behind the fire-breast, of which it then forms the top. The fall-bar has pintles D sliding in grooves in the jambs of the grate, or the ends of the fall bar may be grooved to engage pins on the jambs, and when in the trivet position it is supported by inwardly-projecting lugs G and by the pintles D engaging the tops of the grooves. The fall-bar may be solid or perforated.
Patent GB-191311818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for use on Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BRIGGS RAYMOND CHARLES
IPC: G09F3/20
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 11,818. Briggs, R. C. May 21. Vehicular lanterns.-A motor-vehicle lamp carries a mirror G in front of the main lens, which throws light on a number-plate C carried by the lamp, and also if necessary on a second m i r r o r H for throwing l i g h t on a speedometer &c. In the form shown, the numberplate C is attached to the lamp A by a strip B, and supports the mirrors by means of a strip F, the second mirror H being angularly adjustable.
Patent GB-191313848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Corner Posts of Fences.
Inventor: LUTHER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: E04H12/22
Filed: 1913-06-16
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 13,848. Luther, W. H. June 16. Boundary - stones. - Corner posts for fences are modified to allow them to be erected over a boundary - stone c by forming thereon or attaching thereto a number of legs b of such a length that, when driven into the ground, the top of the stone is visible as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191317857-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making White Lead.
Inventor: RAMAGE ALEXANDER S
IPC: C09C1/16
Filed: 1913-08-05
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 17,857. Ramage, A. S. Aug. 5. Sodium sulphate is obtained in the production of white lead by first reacting upon lead sulphate with sodium carbonate solution less than equivalent to the lead sulphate, for instance two equivalents of sodium carbonate to three of lead sulphate, and then adding enough sodium hydrate to react with the remaining lead sulphate. The white lead is separated from the sodium sulphate solution. Specification 16,706/89 is referred to.
Patent GB-191319731-A (GB)
Title: Improved Limber-pin for Mine Skips and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SAWYER CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B61G1/00
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 19,731. Sawyer, C. H., and Bowditch, J. Sept. 30, 1912, [Convention date]. Draught appliances.-A device for connecting mine skips and like vehicles to animal draught-gear consists of a pin 8 having an offset portion 20 for connexion to the draught-gear, the pin being adapted to enter an eye 9 on the vehicle, where it is retained by spring-pressed locking-members as shown in Fig. 1 or by a gravity-operated member provided with a handle 16 as shown in Fig. 4. The locking-members in both cases are pivoted to the head of the pin and, in the form shown in Fig. 1, are acted upon by pins pressed outwards by a spring from a transverse hole in the pin head.
Patent GB-191324768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pressure Filters.
Inventor: MUIRHEAD JAMES ADAIR
IPC: B01D25/176
Filed: 1913-10-31
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 24,768. Muirhead, J. A. Oct. 31. Filter-presses.-In order that tight joints may be made between the frames a of adjacent supporting-grids, the frames are made with a recess on one face to receive a rubber or like packing- ring d of circular cross-section and with a narrow projection e in a corresponding position on the other face. Each frame is also provided with an inner projection f, which fits easily within a rabbet formed by a flange q on the opposing frame. This construction facilitates the assembling of the grids, The rings j, which hold the cloth or other filtering-material in position, fit in the rabbet between the projection f and the inner portion at of the frames a. A tight joint is made by means of a rubber ring k, Fig. 2, and the opposite face of the ring j is formed with a deeper outer groove, in which the filter cloth is tucked, and with two or three inner shallower grooves as shown. When a cloth medium is used alone, the bars b of the grid are made to project as indicated by dotted lines b<1>, Fig. 1, so as to afford support for the cloth. A circular groove r connects the spaces between the bars of the grid with one another and with the outlet and inlet passages. With the construction shown in Fig. 4, the grid bars are formed on an inner ring s, and both this ring and the inner portion of the rim a' have angular projections t. The inlet and discharge passages may be so arranged that the liquid may be filtered twice in its passage through the filter.
Patent GB-191325512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HEPWORTH HAYWARD GEORGE
IPC: B60N2/30
Filed: 1913-11-07
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 25,512. Hepworth, H. G. Nov. 7. Seats, arrangement and disposition of.-The dickey seat f of a motor-vehicle is arranged to enable the occupant to sit, as shown in Fig. 2. with his back to the front seat-hack so as to obtain the shelter of an extension a of the hood or, when such shelter is unnecessary, to face forwards. For this purpose the seat may be arranged to slide on guides j, one or other of the lid parts g, h of the box-like rear part l of the body serving as a hack. The lid part g may also he held in the position shown, as by a pivoted sliding stay i, to protect the occupant of the seat f when facing rearwards. The seat f may form the lid of a box for storage purposes.
Patent GB-191326889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: POSS TONY
IPC: B60B1/14
Filed: 1913-11-22
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 26,889. Poss, T. Feb. 12, [Convention date]. Spokes, securing and adjusting.-The spokes are forced outwards by a member 19, which is made in segments and is expanded by a conical member 16 formed internally at the ends with threads of opposite hand to engage two correspondingly threaded sleeves 13, 11, which are non-rotatably connected to the two hub parts 4, 5 and are adapted to abut when the wheel parts are in working position and so act in conjunction with the bolts 7, which clamp the spoke ends between the hub parts, to lock the conical member 16. The expansible member 19 and the conical member 16 may have plane or threaded surfaces.
Patent GB-191327247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pipe Joints.
IPC: F16L13/12
Filed: 1913-11-26
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 27,247. Heck, F., and Mannesmannr÷hren-Werke. Nov. 26. Spigot-and-socket joints held by caulking and the like.-The socket of a pipe joint is stiffened by a flange or swelling having one or more folds and produced by compressing one or several annular grooves which are initially formed on the socket by rolling. The flange may be made, as shown in Fig. 2, by pressing up the grooved socket a by dies c, d to the form shown by dotted lines. As shown in Fig. 5, several grooves may be compressed to give a multiple flange c<1>, and by pressing the pipe in a hot condition, a contraction k may be formed, owing to the smooth part of the socket cooling more rapidly than the portion which is reinforced by the flange. The regions g form locking-grooves for the packing i.
Patent GB-191329345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for the Attachment of "Auto" or Motor Wheels to Tricycles and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: HUCKLEBRIDGE FRANK
IPC: B62M7/14
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 29,345. Hucklebridge, F. Dec. 19. Cycle tractor attachments. - Motor or auto wheels b, connected to a tricycle by horizontal and vertical pivots so as to have a pushing action, are provided with devices such as springs i, which tend always to return the wheel to its normal central position. Stops may also be provided to limit the movement.
Patent GB-191403575-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Scavenging Leakages in Hydraulic Transmissions.
Inventor: BELLENS CHARLES
IPC: F15B21/04
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 3575. Bellens, C. Feb. 12, 1913, [Convention date]. Clutches and speed-varying mechanism. - Means are provided for causing a circulation of fresh oil through the bearings of an hydraulic transmission gear in order to avoid overheating. Passages k lead from the ball bearings b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, Fig. 1, to the common passage m, while corresponding passages lead from the ball bearings of the driven element, the two conduits meeting at n. T h e liquid is returned to the primary pump by way of the pipe e, tank f, and pipe g. Pipes h, o project into the main channel, so that liquid is forced into the bearings by way of the pipe h and returns by the pipe o.
Patent GB-191404124-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Straining or Filtering Presses.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN ROBERT
IPC: B30B9/26
Filed: 1914-02-17
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 4124. Christiansen, R. Feb. 17. Filter-presses; filters, heating.-Pressure strainers for oil seeds are heated by means of a heating- medium circulating between the straining-body and the casing. In the form shown in the Figure, a helical coil d is enclosed between the casing rings c and the ribbed cylindrical body a, which supports the perforated plates b.
Patent GB-191405282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stopping Trains Independently of Drivers.
Inventor: PHILBEY HERBERT
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1914-03-02
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 5282. Philbey, H. March 2. T1'ack apparatus for stopping trains. - A counterweighted arm 6 is pivoted at 5 upon a bracket formed of two angle-irons 4 and plates 1 secured to the track rail.